Wednesday, July 11, 2012

A Different World...

Before I had cancer my life was pretty vanilla cookie cutter. It's a really strange world now that I am a minority...
Even though I am not in a wheelchair I think of my friends that have a really difficult time accessing buildings, pools, houses etc...I also really notice if someone illegally takes a handicap spot...Karma is going to get you if you illegally take a handicap spot...just saying...

That being said, I get GLARED at when seen taking a handicap spot... that is until they see me get out of my car, look down and sheepishly look away...
Not only is it unusual to be missing a limb it is more unusual to be a young person missing a limb and even MORE unusual to be a young female missing a limb...

Therefore there is not a day goes by that I don't get stared at...
I have grown to live with the stares and the comments...but some days I just wish I had a rest from it...

A rest from little kids pointing, saying "mommy look!" and their mothers telling them to shut up...a rest from "oh did your hurt your ankle...oh"...a rest from "how did you lose your leg"...a rest from awkwardly explaining to someone that I was never in the service after they have just thanked me...

There are not many days where I feel like that because for the most part I have accepted that this is a part of my life and that people will never changed...human nature is so strange...

I have a new story every day of something funny/interesting/stupid/rude that someone has done towards me...I know my friends love my stories haha...

All in all it's going to be a strange/interesting life for me for a very long time...and it will be a completely different world for me than it was 3 years ago...